Résumé.

National Web Examiner,
The National Examiner (www.examiner.com)
06/2008 - present
Write brief columns and reviews of new and/or interesting Web sites from a fun design perspective.

Information Design & New Media Consultant,
Guttmacher Institute
06/2010 - present
New York, New York (www.guttmacher.org)
Initiate and head data visualization projects including motion graphics and infographics for the Institute's vast amount of research. Develop new media strategy and represent the Institute at media conferences.

Teaching Assistant,
Graduate Interaction Design Seminar II
01/2011-05/2011
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Provide first-year graduate students with workshops/lectures on writing about design and synthesizing design ideas discussed in seminar.

Book Designer & Editor,
Carnegie Mellon Press
01/2010 - 05/2011
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Work with authors to make and execute design decisions about formatting, typography, and cover design for poetry books.

Web Team Associate,
Carnegie Mellon School of Design
01/2010 - 01/2011
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Packaged news stories (planned, wrote, photographed, digitally published) for the CMU Design Web site. Stories reflect an in-depth look at design perspectives and philosophy.

Multimedia Reporter,
ABCNews.com
07/2008 - 05/2009
Wrote news stories and blogs about politics, entertainment, and technology. Created infographics, motion graphics for broadcast pieces, podcasts, and interactive Flash graphics. Produced and narrated online video news segments.

Web Designer & Consultant,
Texas Media Web Team
10/2008 - 04/2009
University of Texas, Austin, TX
Oversaw (strategized, redesigned, developed) the production of a slew of University of Texas media Web sites.

New Media Intern,
The Victoria Advocate
05/2008 - 08/2008
Victoria, TX (www.victoriaadvocate.com)
Designed and developed Web sites for beat stories. Created infographics for newspaper print edition.

SXSW Interactive 2011 panel host,
"Comedic Communication"
Panel category: "Design Thinking"
Panel presenting my thesis research.

Ignite Pittsburgh presenter,
"Happiness is a Warm Pun": What happens when humor meets design
Ignite Pittsburgh presentation informally discussing the future of humor + design, 02.10.11.

1st Place - Best Use of Multimedia,
The Victoria Advocate
Southern Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest 2008
Won for Web site I designed and developed for a beat story about immigration in Texas.

Red Gibson Award - 2008 Most Influential Student Journalist, The Daily Texan
University of Texas School of Journalism